Aston Villa vs Sunderland Pre-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

Isn't Gardner suspended?

I am not going to the match, and there is no way whatsoever I will be able to sit through watching it on the telly, so I will be doing a total detach from sources of news for two hours and diving into the post match thread to see how it finished.

I can't take this shit. I'd kill for a boring mid table finish for a change.

[Dave]

Isn't Gardner suspended?

Suspension finished just in time to be back for the game against us.

[Des Little]

Tuesday morning is going to be fantastic or shockingly bad. That I do know.

[Risso]

Isn't Gardner suspended?

I am not going to the match, and there is no way whatsoever I will be able to sit through watching it on the telly, so I will be doing a total detach from sources of news for two hours and diving into the post match thread to see how it finished.

Even if we batter them 4-0 can I therefore ask that everybody goes on to the post-match thread complaining about a 5-0 defeat?!

[damon loves JT]

Isn't Gardner suspended?

I am not going to the match, and there is no way whatsoever I will be able to sit through watching it on the telly, so I will be doing a total detach from sources of news for two hours and diving into the post match thread to see how it finished.

Even if we batter them 4-0 can I therefore ask that everybody goes on to the post-match thread complaining about a 5-0 defeat?!

Every post to be totally unpunctuated.

Fuckinellvillasortitouticantbelieveweve cometothepointwhereweneedfuckinWIGANtolosejusttokeepusinthePrem

[ozzjim]

Isn't Gardner suspended?

Suspension finished just in time to be back for the game against us.

Good chance that DiCanio will have them in such a frenzy Craig will go 2 footed through someone in the first 10 minutes.

Sunderland are very, very poor, but are riding the crest of a confidence hit from the Newcastle result, which was referee assisted big time from Ciise scoring a perfectly good equaliser, and the goals Sunderland scored all being long range screamers. We need to keep our heads, as we are perfectly capable of being atrocious for 45 and 2-0 down, even against a side as bad as them.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Villa just please do this and make my life happy again. Weimann is struggling and i think Bent would love to silence the mackems with a couple of goals. In PL we trust .......

[OzVilla]

Isn't Gardner suspended?

I am not going to the match, and there is no way whatsoever I will be able to sit through watching it on the telly, so I will be doing a total detach from sources of news for two hours and diving into the post match thread to see how it finished.

I can't take this shit. I'd kill for a boring mid table finish for a change.

Exactly what i'm doing.  I can't get up early to watch it as my nerves will be ripped to shreds so decided to go to the gym instead for a completely isolated and enclosed Spin class to use up the nervous energy - after which it'll all be over.

I reckon i'll be able to tell the result just by the number of pages in the Post Match thread 20 minutes after the end of the game.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm going to the game and might do the same. If you see a Brad Pitt lookalike hiding in the bog in the Lower North with earplugs in the odds are high it's me.

[Tucson Villain]

I will be at work watching on some dodgy stream, the game will dictate how much work I get done. I am feeling good about this one.

[Axl Rose]

3-2 Villa. A brilliant game ahead. Gabby to score the winner! Up the Villa!

[Matt Collins]

Sunderland are shit. When was the last time they won three on the bounce in the Premier League? I doubt they've ever done it. They're not about to start now.

But their odds aren't worse off for having won the previous two under a law of averages rule

I'm already feeling really nervous. I'm genuinely not sure I can watch it! It does feel too much like the Bolton game last year to be comfortable

I keep changing my mind as to how I'd view a draw. That would put a lot of pressure on the norwich game, and I was just reading they've only won two games since mid December, but also only lost against 3 top four sides at home this season. That points to a draw there too. But I've just always fancied us to win that game. I'd take 4 points from the next two games I think but we need six to be safe before the Wigan game

[ozzjim]

No sleep..... check
Shaking a bit... check
Thinking of nothing else... check
Want to close eyes and wake up tomorrow am... check
Shitting oneself... check

[Nev]

Things went our way over the weekend which will help the atmosphere. The air of dread will be greatly reduced in comparison to the fear that a Wigan win would've instilled.

[Damo70]

We need another QPR atmosphere. The players and fans were up for that one and there was also a real air of belief throughout the 120 minutes or however much it was the f***ing ref decided to add on in the end.